The Beach Soccer Championships and The Beach Soccer USA Cup kicked off their 9th year anniversary with 310 youth soccer teams & 16 PRO teams on Friday, May 15th 2015.
Gino Rossi, President of The Beach Soccer Championships said, “We had over 72,000 people loving beach soccer in Oceanside last weekend – with the 310 teams competing. For the first time since 2012 we have a NEW Champion at The Beach Soccer USA Cup with Switzerland’s BSC Chargers defeating the USA’s Culture FC in the final. It was a great event.”
The Beach Soccer USA Cup is held during the youth oriented Beach Soccer Championships and is a highly respected professional international beach soccer tournament hosting teams from all over the world. The internationally respected tournament has cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place but teams come to play for more than the money – they play for the honor of being champion — and visiting beautiful Southern California.
Competition was wild on the beach on the pro circuit. 3-Time Champions CD Nacional from Portugal based PRO Beach Soccer Club returned to The Beach Soccer USA Cup to fight for their 4th consecutive title this year but never made it into the final rounds. The soccer competition was also very strong in the youth games and the feeling throughout the entire beach — with fans and players of all ages alike enjoying the tournament, weather and the soccer loving atmosphere. While parking was challenging as always, the tens of thousands of people who attended the Beach Soccer Championship and USA Cup enjoyed fabulous soccer action and great bicycle kicks.
When it was announced that FC Barcelona, the world famous Spanish powerhouse, was coming to Southern California – fans and competitors alike thought they might walk away with the championship. The team was lead by captain Ramiro Amarelle who was impressed by the quality of the competition. 
The surprise of the USA Cup? On the pro circuit, FC Barcelona was knocked out early in the Quarterfinals against Culture FC and the fight for 3rd place was more vigorous than the championship match. The USA Cup final was a low scoring and well orchestrated work of precision and patience resulting in a loss for the USA and a win for visiting Switzerland. One trivia fact: Many of the players on the pro circuit playing in the final were from Brazil.
Just the facts about the three-day Beach Soccer Championship last weekend held in Oceanside, California:
- BSC Chargers 3 – 2 Culture FC
Semifinals:
- BSC Chargers 5 – 2 CD Nacional
- Culture FC 5 – 4 Tokyo Lequios
Third Place Match – great beach soccer action:
- BSC Chargers 5 – 2 Colosseum Roma
- CD Nacional 11 – 2 Portland BSC
- Tokyo Lequios 4 -1 Shoreline Nomads
- Culture FC 5 – 4 FC Barcelona
AWARDS
- MVP was Paulo Gil from Culture FC (borrowed from Vasco de Gama)
- Golden Gloves (Best Goal Keeper) was Victor Wheller from BSC Chargers (borrowed from Trinidad & Tobago)
- Golden Toe (Top Goal Scorer) was Goto Takasuke from Tokyo Lequios
